Bitten by the Prius bug !

Once bitten there is no turning back...you will love it!!! B)

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rakjoe @ Sep 7 2006, 06:41 PM) [snapback]316086[/snapback]</div>

As for the PS you will have to beat them off with a stick.
If you hurry I have an antiserum but it must be given within 48 hours to be effective. After that you are lost. After the BMW you need the full meal deal. Trust me. Go for it. We have a 12 step program that will help you deny that you have a problem and help us pull more people into the cult. Could I interest you into a CAN-View?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rakjoe @ Sep 7 2006, 08:41 PM) [snapback]316086[/snapback]</div>

The first chick that took in a ride in my new Prius, after I got it, said it was the coolest car she had ever riden in....


... but... uh.... she was my sister in law.

But hey. I think she was serious. And she drives a Saab 9-3 convertible.

Edited to add...

If you want to get laid, buy I boat. Worked for me.

Of course, I am now married with children... and a sister in law that thinks I drive a cool car.

 

Why, I swear just considering buying a Prius has made you look much more attractive, you handsome devil.

(You have to buy the BT plate separately from Bill.)

 

If you like your chicks smart, they will dig it!

 

I think that a guy driving a Prius is way sexier than a guy in a Hummer!! He definitely has better taste!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Sep 7 2006, 09:42 PM) [snapback]316127[/snapback]</div>

What a way to go!




<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Salsawonder @ Sep 7 2006, 09:43 PM) [snapback]316130[/snapback]</div>

What are you talking about?


Oh.... ahem.... you were talking about the "SUV"....

Never mind.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rakjoe @ Sep 8 2006, 12:16 AM) [snapback]316197[/snapback]</div>

It depends on how you drive it and what the traffic patterns are. My wife drive my Prius in the city like her Miata, and she gets around 45 MPG. I can always get over 60 MPG during my 20 mile commute, but a one mile trip will give you somewhere in the 30's. At 75 with Cruise and AC on we get around 50. The packages have changed for 07, there is a full description on a thread here. Hope you enjoy your new Prius half as much as I enjoy mine.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rakjoe @ Sep 7 2006, 10:16 PM) [snapback]316197[/snapback]</div>

Your mileage depends on too many factors to predict: ambient temperature, length of trips; daily mileage, etc. Lower mileage the first 5 minutes while the exhaust system warms up. Then higher. Higher yet if the battery is warmed up but not too hot. Lower if the cabin heat is on (winter). Also slightly lower if the A/C is on, though cabin heat is a bigger mileage-killer than A/C. Also terrain makes a difference. Long trips get better mileage than short ones.

The battery cannot propel the Prius on level roads for more than a mile or so, and in normal driving will propell it much less. The Prius gets all its energy from gasoline. It is designed to combine the gas and electric systems in such a manner than they are both working most of the time. Above 42 mph the gas engine will always be turning, and usually will be providing most of the power. Below that speed, it will sometimes shut off for brief periods. The EV mod will allow you to shut it off, but only below 34 mph and only if all the conditions are correct (system temperature, state of charge of the battery, demand for power, battery temperature, etc.)

At 75 mph the battery alone can drive the Prius only under extremely unusual conditions, and then only for very brief times. I've seen it after a very long descent out of the mountains left my battery at a very high SOC. The engine still turns, but without pushing the car. Once the SOC drops a bit, the engine resumes driving the car.

The Prius is not an electric car. It is a hybrid, which achieves good mileage by using its two systems in a highly integrated way, and it is rarely advantageous to try to make it use one or the other alone.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rakjoe @ Sep 8 2006, 01:16 AM) [snapback]316197[/snapback]</div>

I had some friends over for dinner last week. We drove to see a movie after that and took my car (naturally). There were 5 of us (aside: 5 adults fit quite comfortably inside), and one of them was a blonde woman. I swear that the car was making her overly "excited", if you know what I mean... she had never been in a Prius before, and knew little about it, but I've never seen a woman react to a car like that before.

So yes, you will be inundated by gorgeous women who want nothing more than to find out how far back those seats recline.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Salsawonder @ Sep 7 2006, 07:43 PM) [snapback]316130[/snapback]</div>

Ditto that! Every time I see a guy driving a Hummer, I can't help but wonder what exactly it is he's trying to compensate for by driving that hulking hunk of metal. Guys in Priuses are much sexier and smarter to boot. You know he's not trying to make up for any shortcomings.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rakjoe @ Sep 8 2006, 02:55 PM) [snapback]316493[/snapback]</div>

That's right ... once you have a Prius you'll no longer be an attention whore. You'll be a SMUG attention whore.

 

Are you going to get a license plate frame for the Prius which reads, "my other car is a Porsche," or one for the Porsche which reads, "my other car is a Prius?"

What's funny, it seems to me that people look at drivers in high end sports cars with a wide variety of emotions (and not always with lust or envy)...in my opinion, it would be SO frustrating, not ever really knowing what they're thinking!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rakjoe @ Sep 8 2006, 01:55 PM) [snapback]316493[/snapback]</div>

Anyone consider that this whole thread might just be a troll? :lol:

Nonetheless, what everyone says is true : The Prius is a great car! But's it's no Porsche.

 

Yeah, but Wth? So we are smug as well as clueless. I can live with that! B)